Star Trek most pirated film of 2009.

shortylickens

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Did a search, found nothing.


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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BN0H220091224

In October, the studio told the Federal Communications Commission that "Star Trek" had become a hot commodity in piracy circles. Illegal file-sharing had advanced from "geek to sleek," Frederick Huntsberry, the studio's chief operating officer, told officials.

Now, according to data from TorrentFreak, "Star Trek" was downloaded nearly 11 million times this past year, just edging "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" (10.6 million). The films were among the biggest of the year at the box office.

At the other end of the box-office scale, "Sherlock Holmes" director Guy Ritchie's "RocknRolla" ranked No. 3. It grossed less than $26 million worldwide.

Interestingly, for all the fuss about the "Wolverine" leak, the film came in at No. 9 with 7.2 million. The FBI earlier this month charged a man with violation of federal copyright law, alleging he uploaded the film to the Web last spring.

The list was rounded out by "The Hangover" (No. 4), "Twilight" (No. 5), "District 9" (No. 6), "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" (No. 7), "State of Play" (No. 8), and "Knowing" (No. 10).
My thoughts?
I hope they dont use this as an excuse to push any internet watchdog or privacy invasion laws. They cant prove those 11 million people would have ever paid for it.
Having said that: 11 million pirates is a large number, which leads me to believe we've either got a lot of thieves or Paramount pulled those numbers out of their ass to cover up their poor box office returns. Or returns that just werent awesome enough for the studio.
 
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AnonymouseUser

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There has to be some bullshit in those numbers. I mean come on, "Knowing" was listed as the number 10 most downloaded movie? Pfft! I say.
 

rockyct

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There has to be some bullshit in those numbers. I mean come on, "Knowing" was listed as the number 10 most downloaded movie? Pfft! I say.

lol, yeah. I'm usually pretty forgiving about most movies, but the ending was crap in that one.
 

irishScott

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Awesome movie, well worth the piracy. Not that I'm admitting to anything...

In any case I'll probably get the Blu-ray soon enough. Disadvantage of secure pirating is speed. Don't really feel like downloading 10s of GB over weeks. :p
 

chalmers

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Awesome movie, well worth the piracy. Not that I'm admitting to anything...

In any case I'll probably get the Blu-ray soon enough. Disadvantage of secure pirating is speed. Don't really feel like downloading 10s of GB over weeks. :p

Usenet is your friend.
 

FelixDeCat

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Since when did file sharing become "piracy". If you have a few people on the freeway driving past the speed limit are all people on the road now speeders? No. This is yet another attempt by the big movie studios to distort and malign the useful practice of torrenting and filesharing, both of which I havent done in almost two years since Im too lazy.
 

gorcorps

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I know plenty of people that downloaded it while it was in theaters as it was a big movie, and I think all of them that liked it ended up buying it or getting it for xmas. Not sure if they had a point with those numbers, but if they're trying to explain lost sales then it's all bullshit.
 

irishScott

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Since when did file sharing become "piracy". If you have a few people on the freeway driving past the speed limit are all people on the road now speeders? No. This is yet another attempt by the big movie studios to distort and malign the useful practice of torrenting and filesharing, both of which I havent done in almost two years since Im too lazy.

Because torrenting/filesharing provides the only real numbers via the trackers/services. Ripping from a posted video looks the same as watching it streaming IIRC.

In any case, torrenting and filesharing isn't going anywhere no matter how much they bitch. As you pointed out, too many legitimate uses for it. You don't make cars illegal because some people smuggle drugs in them.
 

chalmers

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Ever since I discovered newsgroups and gained newzbin access a couple years ago and leaving torrents, it was as amazing as going from AOL dialup to cable internet.

lol torrents
 

Lonyo

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Amusing that they compare box office gross (in a record year) and piracy.
Most complaints are that piracy hurts DVD sales, not box office.
 

HannibalX

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Ever since I discovered newsgroups and gained newzbin access a couple years ago and leaving torrents, it was as amazing as going from AOL dialup to cable internet.

lol torrents

The first rule of usenet is, you don't talk about usenet.

The second rule of usenet is, you don't talk about usenet.
 

ultimatebob

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I have zero interest in pirating movies anymore... I either watch them in the theaters, or rent the BluRay from Netflix when it comes out. Either way, I get a WAY better viewing experience than I would watching it on my computer.
 

brblx

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so the most popular movies of 2009 were also the most pirated

simply shocking. someone give that reporter a fucking award.